FREEBIES

Freebies downloaded from JustSomethingIMade.com may be used in personal projects. They may also be used commercially as part of a design or craft for sale, or modified as such, but never to be sold or re-issued as-is, (ie. digital collage elements, printables.) Exception: Any free downloads posted via CountryLiving.com, WorldLabel.com or SCJohnson.com will require permission from those parties for commercial re-use, but not for the original intended use as described in the post or article.

Wow! What a sweet gift! I thought I had downloaded all of your pretties, but it has been so fun to see what I had missed and know that now you have them all together like this!! So very thoughtful of you and generous! I love your blog and am so inspired by all of the great ideas you share with us. Thank you for doing this !

I just want to say I just love your blog. Just came across it. I have had so much fun with it. My family is from Holland and we will be moving there. I’m going to have a craft room in the attic (of the hotel we are taking over) and I’m looking forward to making things with the freedies here. Oh what fun. And thank you so much.

WOW! I am still very new to the Digital world and wouldn’t yet classify myself as anything more than a Beginner in the Papercrafts ie: Scrapbooking/Cardmaking world either, BUT the one thing I have found in researching this Hobby to try and find my Niche is that all Crafty People are just the most Sharing, Caring and Generous bunch of People I have ever known. I have just subscribed to your Blog and know for sure I will come back often and will be using some of your Beautiful Images. I just want you to know that I think your Creativity is AWESOME and your Generosity OUTSTANDING. I hope to get to know you as time passes. Many Many Thanks.
Kind Regards,
Beverley………..

I have spent the evening yesterday and today so far (after church) and finally found the end of your blog..what a blessing you have and are using to keep this old world moving along with beauty. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge. Joyce

I just discovered your site. This collection is fantastic. I am a teacher and my summer will be filled with crafting. Thanks for your generosity. This must have taken a tremendous amount of time and effort.

Wow! Bounced over after following Jen’s link from Epbot. I think I’m trouble-I love what I’ve seen so far on your site! Thanks for the great freebies. Now I just have to find time to read your back posts and then do some of these awesome looking things.

Hi Cathe………..I met you at Velasco’s after the 8th grade promotion. Remember how we both looked so familiar to each other?!?! haha Well, I love your website – it’s just a veritable feast for my eyeballs! I’m actually looking for a “quiet book”….not sure if you have a location for me to go to to find a cute one. These are the old fabric books for little kids at church to keep them quiet, while they zip, snap, sew, button and whatever with fabric items on each page. Any help you can give me would be great.
Thanks!
Sue Hess

Hello. I just discovered your blog site. It is a really treat. I enjoyed looking through some of it. I’ve come away with a few vintage images and some craft ideas that made me smile. Thank you for your creativity and willingness to share it.

Cathe, thank you for the tutorial on your gift card house! I enjoyed seeing the “houses” and reading the list of variations to try. I can relate to your list of ideas and especially your comment about possibly getting/needing some sleep!

What I need to do is organize so I should probably make use of your labels before making a house.

I came to your website/blog via your friend you treated to a picnic . Beautiful! Enjoy! Thank you, Cathe!

Cathe, I came across your site when I did a search for information on an Album of Crests I have. I am so glad it brought me to your site! Thank you for sharing all your beautiful designs and ephemera! I am definitely adding your blog to my favs 🙂

Thank you so much! I have been here for hours, your ideas are amazing and your freebies are wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and your gifts with us. It is so appreciated. Thank you for all the freebies. They are so great! What a wonderful blog, and a wonderful, generous person you are. 🙂

Just wanted to thank you for all the beautiful, printable freebies – just gorgeous! Your ideas are so inspiring! I have greedily saved lots of lovely things and will gainfully employ the rest of my hols making pressies for Christmas in an effort to stave off the mad dash of present buying in December!!!
So generous, thank you!

Thank you so much for sharing your great ideas and fantastic images. I do a lot of personal art journals for my own enjoyment. I will love using these images in my journals.
My Flickr of things I have made is Linda5555555
Thank you, Linda

I’ve just found your site through Modge Podge…..:)
I’m loving all of your beautiful items! Wow, I think I could
stay here for days and days. I can’t wait to check it all
out. Thank you so much for all of your free stuff!! I can’t
wait to see what I can use. 🙂
Thank you again!!!

I accidently stumbled unto your website, and boy am I overjoyed I did. I cannot thank you enough for sharing your God given talent with us. I am retired and just found out I can draw, so I paint animals on rocks. I also can and was looking for pretty labels for my jars. I do not know how to print them in order to place the label on the jar, but you can bet I’ll find out.
I am so grateful for the designs you so generously offer. They will grace my home canned food some day.
Thank-you Thank-you Thank-you

your blog is awesome. you are an inspiration & very talented. your love of vintage truely shines. it is so nice finding other crafty vintage minded gals, around the globe. thanks again for sharing. you rock.
-addicted to vintage in miami 😉

Thanks for the freebies. I chose the paper wallet pattern. It is such a thought-filled gift! I have made a tiny purse with beaded handle and flap and included as gift in the little purse a kerchief with bills numbering the recipient’s age taped end to end with removable tape with a sentiment being at the end of bills. In the past I have used your busy day silhouettes and the cowgirl graphic. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent.

Hi Cathe. I’m a big fan of yours, love this site so much. Feel inspired and very eager to get started on my own projects every time I come here 🙂 So thank you for that. I was wondering if you would make another cigarbox? I love the one I have made already <3
Just checked out your work space pictures and saw how you organize with the cigar boxes – love it! And what a great place to be creative 🙂
Best wishes Stine

Love the shrinky dink bracelet idea, working on using it for a gift, using all of her pictures from time in Europre. I hope it works. I lived in Petaluma over forty years ago, love it. I really appreciate your creativity. Thank you for your generous gift.

I rediscovered this page via the puglypixel link, and wanted to thank you for all these gifts – and for so much inspiration! If I put any of these downloads to creative use, I will come back to post a link. Thank you again!

Just wanted to thank you so much for all these freebies. I am so grateful and thrilled. I am making vintage style gifts for Christmas and can’t
wait to use some of these labels on the gifts and jars. Yay!
Blessings,
Debbie

I got some really flat rocks at the beach and took some clip art from here, decopauged them onto the rock as a paper weight! I also got my paints out to embelish it. My gifts were a huge hit! Try it is is simply extremely simple! It never ceases to amaze me the ideas you have!

these are all pretty, and i’m so thankful that you provide these for free.
it’s so rare to find beautiful things whose makers don’t want to make profit for sharing their creations..
thank you for these!

these are all pretty, and i’m so thankful that you provide these for free.
it’s so rare to find beautiful things whose makers don’t want to make profit for sharing their creations..
thank you for these!

I love this new set-up for accessing your freebies, Cathe. You have a wonderful collection, and I appreciate the work you put into making them available. I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas season and that 2012 will see you having continued success with all your endeavours.

Do you still have the “numbered Christmas cards” mentioned in a facebook comment? Love to see all of them! Thanks for all your ideas, freebies and inspiration! You make us (back in the Missouri Ozarks) proud! Ellen in Nixa

Ijust stumbled across your page in a google search, I was looking for height charts to record my children, I absolutely LOVE the vintage measuring tape! For some reason I can get it to print, would you be able to email me it? I have book marked your site and will definately be making a return trip and recomending it to all my friends. Thanks so much for the fantastic site! Well done and keep up the good work.

What great things. I was looking for destination stickers like those found on old steamer trunks and stumbled upon you. Your French postal cancellation stamps look like something I can use. I’m going to make my grandson’s birthday present look like it traveled the world before it arrived in Florida.

Hi!
Thank you so much for offering these freebies. I’m totally new to this and look forward to using these printables. I’m going to do a lil experimenting and hope to come back for more. Keep up the wonderful work.

Oh my! I love EVERYTHING! I mainly craft for myself and family and friends. I haven’t had enough time to craft much lately and you have completely inspired me. Thank you for all of the wonderful freebies… I will be visiting often. I found your site through a link on Beyond Measure.

Hi Cathe,
Just wanted to say thank you for the great graphics. It is so generous of to share your skills with those of us who don’t have them.
Most importantly thanks for giving up your time,
All the best,
Cathy

Hi Cathe, enjoyed your Doll bed made out of a cigar box. If had a cigar box I’d give it a try, but I don’t have one at this time.
Well let me get to why I’m writing. I was wondering if I could pick your brain for a moment. I like to crochet doilies and frame them. Well, about 5 years ago I presented them to this company to see if they’d be interested in putting them in their catalog to sale. Well, they sent me back the 4 samples of my framed doilies with a letter telling me they were beautiful, but they felt the background I used was more Contempory then Vintage. Vintage is what they sell in their catalog. My white doilies were framed in a black frame with a black felt background. I felt the black background made the doily pop, but they felt black made it look too contempory. So, my question do you have any suggestions of the kind of background I could use to display these white doilies that would be vintage looking? I’ve racked my brain trying to think of something and I have no clue.

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all these freebies. The skill and taste to produce these amazing images and prints is admirable enough, but then the kindness and generosity to share them is even more so.

I really love making things, but I don’t have the talent to design these printables, so I’m on Cloud 9 now I’ve found them, and looking forward to many creative days ahead.

Just found this site and it has my creative brain going into to over-load. Love, love, love this stuff! I bookmarked this site and hope to use some of these for Christmas presents. Thank you so very much for posting all these goodies!

Hi Cathe,
Wow…just discovered your site (and I’ve been on it now for over an hour…) through Pinterest. So many great graphics and vintage goodies. Thanks so much and I look forward to visiting regularly!

I just had to say thank you to everyone involved in putting this together and to you for thinking to make it available to the rest of us. I have a binder and a printer and not much money but I still want to make my own little scrapbook.This is the kind of vintage stuff I’ve loved for years but never expected to have access to something this nice so thanks again from Richmond,British Columbia,Canada!

Thank you so much. These are absolutely lovely! They made my day and helped and inspired me because I have tons of DIY projects unfinished, 🙂
This is again the advantage of the web. Greetings and happy X-mas wishes from Finland!

I am wondering with your freebies are they completley royalty free meaning if I were to include one with something I sold would it be okay? Another question I have is I make original atcs I hand them out as business would it be okay if I used one as a background?

I am enjoying your contributions to this wonderful craft. It makes me want to get busy busy busy. When I have a block, I look at your collection and something always finds its way onto my pages. Thanking you so very much. Barbara

Christmas Greetings,
I found your site thru World Labels. Wow, I am so happy I did. I read your letter and saw your prayer for the families of the shooting. I knew you was a good woman from the letter. I have signed up for your newsletter and thank you for all you have on your site which I plan on looking thru now, LOL! . By the way I am from Tennessee.
May you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a Blessed New Years!
God Bless, Judy

im impressed, i wish i could be as talented as you are. Thanks for inspiring me to at least give it a try. 🙂 Thank you so much for taking the time to search, design and scan your projects to share them with us.

love your vintage graphic freebees! (spelling intentional). wish I could figure out how to resize them in Firefox. I knew when I could use Internet Exployer. I’m just not as techno savie as I once was….I miss my brain

I had a question about digitizing found imagery? What is the best method for digitizing paper ephemera, scanning or using a copy-stand to photograph? When I scan it picks up so much surface debri and damage. I find a lot of paper items, when I go to estate sales so this is an issue.

I have like 250 condensed readers digest books…are you interested in any or all of them, and what would you be willing to pay for them.
I would like to talk with you some more if interested. Good luck on jury duty.

Thank you so much for the valuable resource! I am a musician and am always looking for inspiring ideas for CD packaging for the mixes I give away to my friends. I use cardboard sleeves and will definitely be jazzing them up with some of the awesome stuff I found on your site today. Thank you again. I hope you are blessed for your kindness!

I really want to try the penny necklace that you posted on Pinterest. However, I don’t want to buy several sheets of the same graphic. Do you have any suggestions on what else I can use besides the decals? It’s hard to determine from just looking at the decals online which ones will fit on top of the penny. Thanks for all your help and freebies.
Wendy

Thank you so much for your fantastic site. I am very new to all this and although I was hoping Karen Valentines books was a “freebie” ( homeless right now ) I will continue to learn and blog. I am already a crafter, but can’t get blogging or tweeting. Anyway, thanks for everything

With the onset of autumn wild birds will have started migrating from one place to the other. And in many cases feeding these birds becomes a treat to the eye. But in order to attract a variety of birds it is essential to have the right kind of wild bird food. Along with this you also need to gather knowledge about different varieties of bird feeders, nest boxes and bird baths that attract birds.*

Love your stuff. I live in Michigan and cried when I saw the spellbinders workshop to be held in California in November. Trouble with living in the boonies is that nothing ever comes to us. I have to drool over the events via the internet. Not fair. :>)

Anyway, your website is marked as a favorite and I will visit often even if I cannot be in California.

This is the neatest! I don’t completely understand how it’s done. You mention a backing – is this like contact paper backing paper. If this the case, i do understand how the tape doesn’t adhere to itself. I’m going to try this with fabric.

Thank you so much for generously providing us with these graphics and labels! They are gorgeous. I’ve already used the editable vintage round labels….I’ve typed in holiday greetings and some all occasion and given as gifts. Truly ALL OCCASION labels that are in many colors and beautiful!! THank you so much!!

Just wanted to leave a few words of thanks 🙂
I found this website some time ago and it s one of my favorites , I have it under my ” inspirational bookmarks” .
Thank you so much for your wonderful site and all the beauty and inspiration I found here!

I love so many of your “freebies”. Just this summer the “girls” got together for a trip to SC and the beach. I love the msut wear bloomers sign. I plan to use it on a scrapbook page. The measuring tape I will make and send to me daughter who has 2 sons, 5 and 6. THANKS!

These are such perfect images for crafting projects I would like to do.I hope I can increase my creativity.Thank you so much for sharing them.It’s a great help to be able to choose these beautiful images.
Can you tell me if there is a limit of downloads? CP

Wow! Just stumbled across your blog and I am very impressed. I will be adding you to my reader so I can keep up with you. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful talent with us artistically challenged people!!!

Those graphics and illustration are really cool. My first passion is graphic arts so this is really appealing to me Perhaps you may consider doing some illustrations for my 2 upcoming book. Think about it and let’s talk.——————–Karen

Just want you to know I am a frequent visitor to your inspiring and exciting blog site and most importantly, I want to THANK YOU for sharing your amazing talent! I think the true mark of a truly grand soul is to share your abilities and gifts with others.

Hi there Petaluma! I am an old Design major from UC Davis, and I know Petaluma from the 70’s.

Just found your site by complete accident; was soothing my visual field by googling bookplates and ended up here! I see we have similar tastes in collections, though much of yours is new and sumptuous to me.

I am particularly enamored of the rooster book graphic that appears at the top of this post:
“Animal Woodcuts and Printable Book Plates
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 by Cathe Holden”
WHICH I would like very much to make into a sign for our old farmhouse kitchen. Is it available, either as original scan or all cleaned up? I looked around, but perhaps I need some guidance (newcomer that I am!)

ANYWAY, thanks for all the creative seeds you have stored here, your aesthetics really resonate and I look forward to your newsletter!!
Cheers, Gabrielle

Hello!
I just discovered your site and am in love. I was searching for labels to use for my son’s new adventure – he’s selling essential oils; home-made blends and sprays to fund his Scouting activities. We love your simple, vintage labels and have downloaded quite a few. However, we are having a rough time editing them to put his name and the name of the spray/blend. Any advice?

Thank you for a very relaxing morning – I went through a small pot of coffee and didn’t even realize it. I had cut out (from Country Living) your post about Shrinky Dink jewelry. I have been wondering what I can do with my mother’s old photos (she died 6 years ago at age 95). There’s one of her and a friend in Chicago looking back at the camera with their hats on and the wind blowing their skirts; one of her on the beach in Florida with her oxford shoes on!; and several wonderful others with family in grandma’s yard – I can’t wait to make them into bracelets. So, again, thanks for a great morning!
Donna

I thought I was married to Mr. Wonderful…ha…I suppose they could be related if they are wonderful. I just found your site, and will explore it.
I can see there are soooooo many creative people out there in the artistic field, for which I am most grateful to inspire us. Thanks, Lyn

I have searched for this elusive clear honey label for weeks and cannot find a template or who made it, dimensions or how I can make one. Can anyone help out. I will have a small honey harvest , i hope, in July and my own labels would be so cool!! cheers

Hi Cathe ~ I too stumbled upon your website via pinterest. What a treasure trove of goodness! I live in Canada and will be camping in Petaluma in September. Do you have a shop that is open to the public ~ that would be a real treat. Love your work… thanks ! ~ sandi

Just wanted to give you a “thumbs up” from a old retired printer of forty+ years.
I’ve seen so much stuff, I thought I would never see anything I liked again.
Thanks for showing me how wrong I could be!

I have been searching all night for something that I need. I looked at songs and lyrics and poems…..
I was not looking for anything material
I have been very sick. I have looked death in the eye 5 times in my 39 years. I will be 40 years old soon. I cannot believe I will be 40 because life stopped (figuratively) at 16. I was put in the hospital and the doctor who came in is still a part of my life today more than ever.
I have two tubes…One is to drain my stomach and the other is for medication. I eat but I do not absorb much at all. I rarely go out being I am emaciated.
What I wanted to tell you was that making things for others is one of the non-medicinal things that has LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE. When sad, sick, and alone…I make something for someone even though most people cannot handle this and leave me. So thanks to all those with suggestions of crafts and art. You have helped save a spirit that continually needs saving. With all my heart I thank you!

I found and lost a webpage that I was on. The free print out is called I-SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE courtesy of Cathe Holden JustSomethingIMade.com Would you please direct me to the correct page so that I can print this amazing little page and to print the tiny pictures that go with it to make the game fun for my toddler? Please and thank you.

Squeeeeee! Oh Cathe, that is the sound of pure joy coming at you from across these computer screens! I have no idea why it took me so long to find your blog, but I absolutely adore your taste & design style, and am honestly awe inspired by your talent. Thank you so very much for choosing to share not only your talent, but also your impressive stash of amazing & beautiful pieces of history with us. One of my favorite things about most of these is that they are scans or salvages from actual items; I just love seeing these unique “snapshots in time” being preserved, re-imagined, and/or passed on. The sheer amount of time and raw talent that went into even the “everyday” ads, post cards, product packaging, etc. truly makes each piece its own work of art. Even though my collection is much smaller, I also have a soft spot in my heart for acquiring and rescuing vintage & WWII-era ephemera, post cards and even the occasional matchbook. Since you are so gracious by sharing so much with all of us here, I want to offer to share scans of my items with you! If you’re interested (or even have the time), I know you’ll be able to preserve them beautifully so more people can appreciate & use them! Let me know what you think. Thanks again for sharing so much that you could easily charge a lot for! And now, as a fitting end to my long-winded message, I just realized that the last Freebie link on this page, which has been visible the entire time I’ve been typing this, perfectly sums up what I wanted to convey to you…”You’re So Nice…You Made My Day!”

I wish the “vintage” mail ephemera and other similar to that one would work. When I click on it, it says “page not found”. Such neat things here and I really wanted and need those two types of items most.

Dear creator of this Inspired Barn website: Thank you so very much beloved for all the work you have put into assembling all these “freebies;” I was
trying to find one that was appropriate to paste on the front of a New Testament Bible as a gift for a lady from India, that I could add a note to just
under the picture. If you could recommend one that is not yet included with those I saw, I would be very grateful. God bless you richly dear lady.

Thank you so much for your freebies! I found you on pinterest. I was looking for ideas to send my little pen pals for the summer, and I am
planning to use your little stamps. You are very creative. Thank you so much!